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Gera score: 31/100 (Moderate) Updated September 27, 2026

Is Gera safe? Germany travel risk

Is Gera safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026

Gera scores 31/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Germany Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 13 May 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.

Gera scores 31/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Germany (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Gera: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.

Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (43/100).

A score of 31 is higher than the scores of 34% of the 241 countries we cover.

Consult the Germany travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.

Location & Spatial Data

Positioned at 50.8806° N, 12.0833° E in Thuringia, Gera features an altitude of 203 m. The settlement is located 203.8 km NNE from Berlin.

Region
Thuringia
Coordinates
50.8806° N, 12.0833° E
Elevation
203 m
Time Zone
Europe/Berlin
Population
94,847
Nearest city with evaluated safety score: Nuremberg (174.1 km SSW).

Transit Links & Medical Facilities

Aviation Hub Leipzig–Altenburg Airport (AOC) 31.7 km ENE
Hospital Care SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera 2.6 km WSW
Police Station Kriminalpolizeiinspektion Gera 0.1 km WSW
Railway Terminal Gera Hauptbahnhof 0.5 km NW

Proximate Regional Communities (Germany)

Natural Hazard Calendar & History

5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)

Hazard Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Floods — — — — 1 — — — 1 — — —

Most flood events within 100 km of Gera happened in May and September (2 of 2 in five years).

Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.

For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Germany travel advice & laws.

Check the official entry requirements for your nationality before you travel. See the Germany entry requirements.

Surrounding Places with Full Dossiers

Zwickau 10
34.5 km ESE
Jena 20
35.2 km W
Weimar 10
54.0 km WNW
Leipzig 32
55.0 km NNE
Chemnitz 15
58.7 km E
Halle 15
67.4 km N

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